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we will see people filing for unemployment for people who are out of work due to the storm sandy. >> after coronet relief efforts in the wake of sandy president obama toward some of the heaviest areas of new jersey that was damaged. the republican governor stated that the response that the president has offered in the wake of the storm--mitt romney is also back on the campaign trail and he is back on the negative. as the president took another day off yesterday romney was on a reminder that kron 4 will have full coverage of the election started at 8:00 p.m.. >> here is a quick look at storm trackers for as we head to break. it looks like we do have some rain coming on the south bay. we will talk with erica coming up. >> welcome back it is 5:45 a.m.. teaching here is a live look at the embarcadero in san francisco. we saw the san francisco giants parade it did not rain on that but it did rain on the children. let's take a live look at new york city. cremator airports in new york city are reopened today . >> police are stating that they do have to people in custody. class's at usc will
we will see people filing for unemployment for people who are out of work due to the storm sandy. >> after coronet relief efforts in the wake of sandy president obama toward some of the heaviest areas of new jersey that was damaged. the republican governor stated that the response that the president has offered in the wake of the storm--mitt romney is also back on the campaign trail and he is back on the negative. as the president took another day off yesterday romney was on a reminder...
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unemployment benefit claims down. worker productivity up. auto sales rising. home builders increasing construction. manufacturing expansion. gains in retail sales. and consumer confidence at the highest level since a year before president obama took office. tomorrow morning at about 8:30 a.m. eastern, we will know if those positive indicators since the last time we got a jobs report mean that we're about to get another good jobs report. if so, that would be very good news for the country. it would also be good news for the president's re-election efforts. if the jobs number is not a good number tomorrow morning, the right will be all over the president for having a bad number. if the number is a good number, the right will not be all over that number. the right will deny that that number is true. if last month's past is prologue. the right and left used to fight about what to do in the country. now the right fights with the whole rest of the country about what is true. >>> remember the long gas lines of the 1970s that were the result of the opec embargo? maybe
unemployment benefit claims down. worker productivity up. auto sales rising. home builders increasing construction. manufacturing expansion. gains in retail sales. and consumer confidence at the highest level since a year before president obama took office. tomorrow morning at about 8:30 a.m. eastern, we will know if those positive indicators since the last time we got a jobs report mean that we're about to get another good jobs report. if so, that would be very good news for the country. it...
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also, mitt romney says president obama's economic policies have failed. the president says romney's ideas are the same ones that caused the financial crisis. >>> and finally, well, first, it was a beluga whale. now, scientists say they've found, wait for it, an elephant, living in south korea, that can imitate human speech. listen for yourself. [ speaking foreign language ] >> okay. you think korean. but that is the word for good. now, the elephant speaks, as you can see, tucking his trunk inside his mouth. i'm told he can say hello, no, sit down and lie down. scientists think he may have learned this to bond with his keeper. i can already tell you, to my left, george stephanopoulos is consciously objecting. >> i was laughing at the little signs underneath. elephant learns to talk. i don't think so. but it is imitating human speech. >> it makes me think of noc. >> you had to. >> why do we have to go to noc? let's have a moment of silence for noc. >> the elephant is still with us. >> it's a wonderful story. don't be so pessimistic. >> i'm not pessimistic.
also, mitt romney says president obama's economic policies have failed. the president says romney's ideas are the same ones that caused the financial crisis. >>> and finally, well, first, it was a beluga whale. now, scientists say they've found, wait for it, an elephant, living in south korea, that can imitate human speech. listen for yourself. [ speaking foreign language ] >> okay. you think korean. but that is the word for good. now, the elephant speaks, as you can see, tucking...
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people more than anything else at this point. >> if the unemployment number goes up. >> if it goes up sharply, then that's a big problem for them. if it stays about where it is, i think the country has become accustomed. this is a long slog, but if it goes up sharply, who knows. that's what makes presidential politics and tuesday night next week for all of us not only exciting but important for everyone to pay attention, and i do think that they are paying attention now. >> and it could be a long night. tom brokaw. >> not could be. let me just say one more thing. steve tyler for years has been trying to get me to open for aerosmith and i finally have. >> when i went outside, who was standing by the stage, tom brokaw. >> there you go. >> and a programming note, "meet the press" will be from democracy plaza. david gregory's guest will include david plouffe, house majority leader eric cantor and new jersey mayor cory booker. >> i can't believe we're talking about another storm. >> not definite but gives us pause because this mod sell pretty accurate, and the you what else isetty much hap
people more than anything else at this point. >> if the unemployment number goes up. >> if it goes up sharply, then that's a big problem for them. if it stays about where it is, i think the country has become accustomed. this is a long slog, but if it goes up sharply, who knows. that's what makes presidential politics and tuesday night next week for all of us not only exciting but important for everyone to pay attention, and i do think that they are paying attention now. >>...
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i think this election will end up being what it's always been about, obama's long-term record on the economy. >> greta: a.b.? >> actually, i disagree. i don't think it's going to swing the election. i think that it would -- if it goes up or down, the unemployment number, it either reinforces romney's argument or the president's, and it actually could make the difference between a non-committed voter who doesn't like either of them and is very disappointed saying i really have to do -- i have to get in the car, i have to vote for mitt romney, we have to turn this thing around or maybe the president's right and he's got us on the right track. it really actually could affect turnout from some critical areas, some margins that could help one or the other, depending on whether or not it swings up or down, not if it says the same. >> greta: i think if it goes up or down, it's like lighter fluid to either of the campaigns based on the numbers. i'll take the last word on that topic. panel, thank you. we're going to see you again in our second hour of on the record, so don't go away. get your
i think this election will end up being what it's always been about, obama's long-term record on the economy. >> greta: a.b.? >> actually, i disagree. i don't think it's going to swing the election. i think that it would -- if it goes up or down, the unemployment number, it either reinforces romney's argument or the president's, and it actually could make the difference between a non-committed voter who doesn't like either of them and is very disappointed saying i really have to do...
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that gives us a number to use for the job creation under president obama. i'm sure this will be part of the discussion. we added up the numbers. here they are under president obama. beginning in february '09, this is how republicans would look at it. 580,000. that's the right number, folks. another number out there is the wrong number. i talked to the senior in the division of labor statistics. some democrats say you can't blame obama for the first three months but it was a huge decline before any of his policies took over. $2.1 million would be the number. if you take that out. congress says forget about democrat or republican, what about the cycle from the beginning of president obama's term through the trough in jobs that was minus 3.2 million, from the trough we're now plus 4.3 million. the time period over obama's presidency, ss aboit is about a. it is up a tick. it began at 7.8%, but all the way up to 10%, then a slow halting ride down. don't think these numbers will change anybody's point of view when it comes to the election but those are the number
that gives us a number to use for the job creation under president obama. i'm sure this will be part of the discussion. we added up the numbers. here they are under president obama. beginning in february '09, this is how republicans would look at it. 580,000. that's the right number, folks. another number out there is the wrong number. i talked to the senior in the division of labor statistics. some democrats say you can't blame obama for the first three months but it was a huge decline before...
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of course obama didn't make a speech saying i want another stimulus because then it's like everybody is getting the stimulus. and it wasn't easy because he was facing a very hostile republican party even on things like unemployment benefits and the small business tax cuts that have always been central to the bipartisan philosophies. but, it's hard to see how he could have gotten a lot more. we can't run a double blind study of the different political economies where she communicated better and i definitely talk about them in the communication mistakes that he made. but i always urge people to think it is possible that this black guy whose middle name is hussain isn't a total political idiot or at least that he didn't suddenly become one on january 20th, 2009. a lot of the stuff is really tough to sell your program when you've got double-digit unemployment. >> thank you so much for writing the book. i look forward to reading it -- i look forward to learning more of the stimulus. before i read it to buy have an intuition i would like you to comment on? the issue that so much money was
of course obama didn't make a speech saying i want another stimulus because then it's like everybody is getting the stimulus. and it wasn't easy because he was facing a very hostile republican party even on things like unemployment benefits and the small business tax cuts that have always been central to the bipartisan philosophies. but, it's hard to see how he could have gotten a lot more. we can't run a double blind study of the different political economies where she communicated better and...
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ohio has a lower unemployment rate than the nation at large, it's seen a faster rate of improvement. a big reason for that is, of course, the auto rescue initiated under the bush administration and executed under the barack obama team. an estimated 160,000 of them wouldn't have jobs if the government wouldn't have stepped in with loans. the reason that it comprised one-half of joe biden's two-line campaign slogan for election and why romney tried to race away from the position at the time he held at the time of the crisis, to let the auto industry go through a free fall bankruptcy. now, i supported the auto rescue at the time. i think it's been well handled by the obama administration. there's something more bizarre that after the first term, the president ended the war in iraq, passed landmark reform and a health care bill that is the most significant piece in year, a bill that gives each american access to health insurance for the first time. after all that, the president's re-election would come to rest at the execution of a package initiated by george w. bush in the last days of
ohio has a lower unemployment rate than the nation at large, it's seen a faster rate of improvement. a big reason for that is, of course, the auto rescue initiated under the bush administration and executed under the barack obama team. an estimated 160,000 of them wouldn't have jobs if the government wouldn't have stepped in with loans. the reason that it comprised one-half of joe biden's two-line campaign slogan for election and why romney tried to race away from the position at the time he...
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president obama would say it's better than the 800,000 jobs we were losing when he took office. and romney could come out and say the unemployment rate is still high. and both would be right. economists would say it doesn't really matter. what's going on in your own life? do you have a job? does your spouse have a job? most people will vote with what is happening in their own lives. >> most people hear blah, blah, blah. >> it is really what you're feeling more than statistical. >>> more charges expected in the penn state sex abuse case against the university's former president, graham spanier. multiple reports say pennsylvania's attorney general is expected to announce perjury and obstruction of justice charges against spanier later today. as you know, spanier, in the wake of sandusky's scandal resigned. and he denied knowing about a school police investigation. >>> making it harder for some people to get to the polls. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... ris
president obama would say it's better than the 800,000 jobs we were losing when he took office. and romney could come out and say the unemployment rate is still high. and both would be right. economists would say it doesn't really matter. what's going on in your own life? do you have a job? does your spouse have a job? most people will vote with what is happening in their own lives. >> most people hear blah, blah, blah. >> it is really what you're feeling more than statistical....
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on friday, the unemployment rate rose to 7.9%. 47 million people are on food stamps. our economy is still on life support and our country is 16 trillion dollars in debt. we cannot afford four more years like the last four years. but that is exactly what obama is offering. instead of a plan to address our serious challenges, his campaign has focused on phony issues. instead of thinking big, they have wound up looking small. the question of this election comes down to this. do you want more of the same or do you want real change backspin and -- change? obama promised change, but he could not deliver it. i have promised change and i have a record of achieving it. we need a real turnaround if we're going to get our economy going and get americans working again. i have led that kind of effort before. in business, i helped people turn their dreams into success stories. together, we built names like staples, bright horizons and sports authority and helped create over 100,000 jobs. when i became governor of massachusetts, the economy was in bad shape and the budget was out of
on friday, the unemployment rate rose to 7.9%. 47 million people are on food stamps. our economy is still on life support and our country is 16 trillion dollars in debt. we cannot afford four more years like the last four years. but that is exactly what obama is offering. instead of a plan to address our serious challenges, his campaign has focused on phony issues. instead of thinking big, they have wound up looking small. the question of this election comes down to this. do you want more of...
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. >> there's something called the misery index which is the inflation index plus the unemployment rate. if that goes up during a president's first term, he tends to get kicked out, and it's gone up, it's gone up substantially during president obama's first term, and that would suggest if you believe the historical numbers that he's toast. that doesn't necessarily fit with the polls, but that does seem to be what -- megyn: i don't have the stat in front of me, but no president's been reelected in several decades with an unemployment rate -- since fdr, if it's over 8, so 8% is a psychological, and to some extent historical barrier. >> absolutely. and it was a big deal that it ticked down to 7.8% last time, especially because it had been over 8. that's what made a lot of people skeptical. you know, it raised a lot of questions. but at the same time, you know, the folks at the labor department, you know, they're nonpartisan folks. they're all government employees. megyn: they are. so we can trust them? because here, the reason i ask you is because the numbers seem to change, anecdotally th
. >> there's something called the misery index which is the inflation index plus the unemployment rate. if that goes up during a president's first term, he tends to get kicked out, and it's gone up, it's gone up substantially during president obama's first term, and that would suggest if you believe the historical numbers that he's toast. that doesn't necessarily fit with the polls, but that does seem to be what -- megyn: i don't have the stat in front of me, but no president's been...
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i think that is the barometer that people are looking at president obama. we have soaring residents -- rhetoric and great expectations for this president. in the first couple of months in office after the stimulus, the president took his eye off the ball. these are worrying about cold warming conventions in sweden. he started working about card check. and then doing health care, all very partisan issue. when we were looking at our worst economic scenario since the great depression, our president and his administration was focused elsewhere. if we're going to rewind the tape and use the 47% comments, we should use the 5% comment. that is the most relevant comment in americans' lives today, which is, let's get the american economy moving. host: john hickok lipper, a a a former democrat and former denver mayor has high approval. are you worried about that? guest: governor hickenlooper is wildly popular. he has ratings rival in former gov. bill owens. what you see in the west as far as successful politicians, which are those that represent the people, republica
i think that is the barometer that people are looking at president obama. we have soaring residents -- rhetoric and great expectations for this president. in the first couple of months in office after the stimulus, the president took his eye off the ball. these are worrying about cold warming conventions in sweden. he started working about card check. and then doing health care, all very partisan issue. when we were looking at our worst economic scenario since the great depression, our...
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fdr had unemployment with 25%. at the end of his first term, it was 17%. people said, that is better than where we were. what we have with the recovery 'st is it -- it's obama response to the public. we have elected a guy to fill in this gap in economic demand we are suffering. to do that, the private sector is not going to do it because they are being battered by this credit crunch. by the collapse of the banks. the public sector is your entity of last resort to step in and prevent everything from going to the floor. we are not in free fall anymore, but we are not where we should be. there are lots of things that we need to do to be in a better place. a private sector is not doing on its own. if they were doing it, i would not supplant them for no reason. but they are not going to on their own upgrade our roads and bridges. that is not what the private sector does. that is a public sector area. they are not going to help us avert a climate crisis. they are not going to on their own invest in a lot of cutting edge green technology that is not proven to be
fdr had unemployment with 25%. at the end of his first term, it was 17%. people said, that is better than where we were. what we have with the recovery 'st is it -- it's obama response to the public. we have elected a guy to fill in this gap in economic demand we are suffering. to do that, the private sector is not going to do it because they are being battered by this credit crunch. by the collapse of the banks. the public sector is your entity of last resort to step in and prevent everything...
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. >> jamie: president obama making a campaign stop in a crucial battleground state of new hampshire. folk singer james carroll warming up the crowd gave a wide ranging speech outlining his will promise for the next five years. >> the unemployment rate is falling, manufacturing coming back to our shores. our assembly lines are humming again. housing prices are starting to pick up. housing starts are on the move. we've got a lot of work to do but new hampshire is country has come too far for us to turn back now. >> jamie: he won new hampshire by nine percent percentage points back in 2008. race is tightening there. ed henry will have a live report from new hampshire coming up later in the hour. >> gregg: there are some serious new questions for the president today after fox news learned as the consulate in libya came under attack, urgent requests were made repeatedly by those on the ground and the requests were denied. here is what we do know. as the compound came under siege c.i.a. operatives about a mile away asked for permission to help ambassador chris stevens there and they were t
. >> jamie: president obama making a campaign stop in a crucial battleground state of new hampshire. folk singer james carroll warming up the crowd gave a wide ranging speech outlining his will promise for the next five years. >> the unemployment rate is falling, manufacturing coming back to our shores. our assembly lines are humming again. housing prices are starting to pick up. housing starts are on the move. we've got a lot of work to do but new hampshire is country has come too...
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we discussed it ad nauseam on the air, the unemployment rate is way below the national average and people have a sense of economic optimism in the state that is greater. >> we're less than a week out. he's maintaining a five-point lead not only in this poll. a five-point lead and also one of the more accurate polls. you know, at some point romney's people telling you and you and me and everybody, oh, don't believe the media polls. they have all of the figures wrong. our internals show we're tied. at some point that just doesn't wash. they have to win michigan or pennsylvania or minnesota. >> that's right. and look at the way they're behaving in ohio with the ad that they put on, this whole thing about chrysler and jeep. they're behaving -- there's an element of apparent desperation on their part. they seem to be throwing a lot of stuff at the wall in ohio which suggests a certain amount of if not desperation they have a sense that they're losing there. >> mark, you look at the quinnipiac poll this morning and you see it's still a five-point lead. we've got less than a week until the elect
we discussed it ad nauseam on the air, the unemployment rate is way below the national average and people have a sense of economic optimism in the state that is greater. >> we're less than a week out. he's maintaining a five-point lead not only in this poll. a five-point lead and also one of the more accurate polls. you know, at some point romney's people telling you and you and me and everybody, oh, don't believe the media polls. they have all of the figures wrong. our internals show...
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obama is clinging the a two-point advantage. on friday, both sides tried to spin the final jobs report before election day. it showed 171,000 new jobs last month. even as the unemployment rate ticked up closer to 8%. >> we learned that companies hired more workers in october than at any time in the last eight months. >> we learned that it's actually 7.9%, and that's nine million jobs short of what he promised. >> reporter: governor romney will be here this morning. the president will be here tomorrow. mitt romney will be back here on monday. gives you a good sense of just how close this race is. it remains a dead heat with four electoral votes in this state, it's yet another one of the places that neither one of these campaigns can afford to let go. >> chuck todd is nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent. chuck, good morning. good to see you. >> good morning, lester. >> 50 states, but this campaign is dunn to just a handful of them. read the map for me. tell me where they're going. >> you know, i think the
obama is clinging the a two-point advantage. on friday, both sides tried to spin the final jobs report before election day. it showed 171,000 new jobs last month. even as the unemployment rate ticked up closer to 8%. >> we learned that companies hired more workers in october than at any time in the last eight months. >> we learned that it's actually 7.9%, and that's nine million jobs short of what he promised. >> reporter: governor romney will be here this morning. the...
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it's the final weekly unemployment report before voters go to the polls. it's going to be released in two minutes. charlie gasparino here with those numbers hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >> steve: this fox news number? >> the economy clear israeli improving. i think it's improving off the bottom. it's a huge increase. i don't think this is enough to get an un-- it's politically speaking, it's that friday number that people will be focusing on of the what is the unemployment rate. >> steve: the monthly? >> yeah. i think that may tick up. particularly if more people are looking for work, it could have an impact on this race by picking up even though things are getting marginally better. >> gretchen: does this thursday number, which we always report weekly, the first-time unemployment claims, people walk into the office for the first time, does that number c
it's the final weekly unemployment report before voters go to the polls. it's going to be released in two minutes. charlie gasparino here with those numbers hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >> steve: this fox news number? >> the economy clear israeli improving. i think it's improving...
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obama carried the state to many people's surprise in 2008. it was a margin of 14,000 votes. it has been a difficult four years for the country but north carolina in particular the state's unemployment is 9.6% which is one of the highest in the country. that is also true for south carolina. the main reason is that this is a heavy manufacturing economy. the state has really taken it on the chin. traditional industries like textiles and furniture and many of those industries were in decline anyway. they were losing their base overseas. the recession was just a killer. those jobs are gone for good it particularly hurt many of the small towns and rural areas of north carolina. manufacturing states have been particularly hard hit by the recession. even some of the newer industries in north carolina such as banking has been really hurt by the problems in the banking industry. some of the newer industries have been hurt so that is why people thought the state would go republican in 2012 because this has been a tough four years at north carolina. north carolina has been slow to make
obama carried the state to many people's surprise in 2008. it was a margin of 14,000 votes. it has been a difficult four years for the country but north carolina in particular the state's unemployment is 9.6% which is one of the highest in the country. that is also true for south carolina. the main reason is that this is a heavy manufacturing economy. the state has really taken it on the chin. traditional industries like textiles and furniture and many of those industries were in decline...
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i think that is the barometer that people are looking at president obama. we have soaring residents -- rhetoric and great expectations for this president. in the first couple of months in office after the stimulus, the president took his eye off the ball. these are worrying about cold warming conventions in sweden. he started working about card check. and then doing health care, all very partisan issue. when we were looking at our worst economic scenario since the great depression, our president and his administration was focused elsewhere. if we're going to rewind the tape and use the 47% comments, we should use the 5% comment. that is the most relevant comment in americans' lives today, which is, let's get the american economy moving. host: john hickok lipper, a a a former democrat and former denver mayor has high approval. are you worried about that? guest: governor hickenlooper is wildly popular. he has ratings rival in former gov. bill owens. what you see in the west as far as successful politicians, which are those that represent the people, republica
i think that is the barometer that people are looking at president obama. we have soaring residents -- rhetoric and great expectations for this president. in the first couple of months in office after the stimulus, the president took his eye off the ball. these are worrying about cold warming conventions in sweden. he started working about card check. and then doing health care, all very partisan issue. when we were looking at our worst economic scenario since the great depression, our...
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there's also been a concern that the storm could delay friday's release of october unemployment numbers. the last jobs report before the election. as of this morning the labor department says it does intend to have those numbers available friday. meantime, both president obama and mitt romney have put their campaign trips on hold because of the storm and the need to deal with the aftermath. >>> a deadly school bus accident in northern kentucky monday afternoon. two preschoolers were killed when their bus overturned and slammed into a tree. four other children were taken to local hospitals. the bus driver escaped without being harmed. the cause, though, of this crash is still under investigation. >>> a shuffle for apple executives after some embarrassing software glitches and retail staff cuts. software chief scott forstall will be leaving next year. the reason? reportedly the glitches in apple maps that gave users faulty directions. >>> a new study out today in the lanceet journal shows that while mammograms provide a life-saving diagnostic tool in the fight against breast cancer, they
there's also been a concern that the storm could delay friday's release of october unemployment numbers. the last jobs report before the election. as of this morning the labor department says it does intend to have those numbers available friday. meantime, both president obama and mitt romney have put their campaign trips on hold because of the storm and the need to deal with the aftermath. >>> a deadly school bus accident in northern kentucky monday afternoon. two preschoolers were...
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i did not vote for president obama in 2008. and did not vote for mccain and 2008, sarah palin scared me. rd -- at every turn, he has gone for democrats, republicans, independents, he fought very hard to get unemployment benefits for people who were out of work. i saw that. she worked very hard to get bp in their and take care of the people in that area. i saw that. i am not hearing the democrats expand on this. i am independent. he has done a very good job of taking care of all of the people. democrats, republicans, on every issue. it is not just the economy. it is improving, i see it here in michigan every day. i go to a store and see a help wanted to sign on the door, that is very unusual in the last seven or eight years. guest: barbara, i appreciate you outlining that so clearly from the point of view of an independent voter. i do believe that the president has acted in what he believed was and is the best interests of all of the american people. that has not always been popular in my own party. in this very rapid news cycle
i did not vote for president obama in 2008. and did not vote for mccain and 2008, sarah palin scared me. rd -- at every turn, he has gone for democrats, republicans, independents, he fought very hard to get unemployment benefits for people who were out of work. i saw that. she worked very hard to get bp in their and take care of the people in that area. i saw that. i am not hearing the democrats expand on this. i am independent. he has done a very good job of taking care of all of the people....
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energy, the obama-mccaskill record, the funding of solyndra, the epa, given the power to shut down the coal industrial, and, of course, stopping drilling in the keystone pipeline and gasoline prices doubled. health care? it's even worse. 71% of us in missouri voted against the government takeover of health care, and claire mccaskill, after that, voted to pass it. now, there's a reason for this record of failures, and that's because obama and mccaskill have a deep and abiding faith that big government is the solution to every problem. that's why they couldn't fulfill their records. now, claire's gone to washington, d.c., and she has brought us red tape and taxes and all kinds of bureaucracies and executive orders, and she doesn't understand that these big government solutions choke out freedom. now, what i would suggest is that you could bring me to washington, d.c. in the senate so we could take the missouri common sense to washington, d.c. and bureaucracy. cut down the taxes and red tape in bureaucracy and build an american dream and build the american family once again to be strong a
energy, the obama-mccaskill record, the funding of solyndra, the epa, given the power to shut down the coal industrial, and, of course, stopping drilling in the keystone pipeline and gasoline prices doubled. health care? it's even worse. 71% of us in missouri voted against the government takeover of health care, and claire mccaskill, after that, voted to pass it. now, there's a reason for this record of failures, and that's because obama and mccaskill have a deep and abiding faith that big...
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it's still close obama on average just three points. the unemployment in nevada is just under 12%. in a sense the president shouldn't even be competitive. >> cenk: but the demographics are huge. >> yes. >> cenk: when we come back, the elbow of the day. i'll give it away, it's on an republican head. but who is delivering it when we return. informed electorate. s [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: if there is one thing we know, it's that the republicans are better at handling the economy right? they say it all the time. wrong! let's take a look at how democraticdemocratic and republican presidents have done over the last six decades. democratic president 4.2% growth for the economy and republicans, 2.6%. they're worse than handling the economy. when are people going to get that through their head. one guy who knows that, bill clinton. >> what new ideas do we bring to washington? i always bring an one-word answer--arithmetic. >> cenk: how about stock market. that's where the job creators are, under the democratic parties, since 1913, 12% growth under democrats 5% growth under republican
it's still close obama on average just three points. the unemployment in nevada is just under 12%. in a sense the president shouldn't even be competitive. >> cenk: but the demographics are huge. >> yes. >> cenk: when we come back, the elbow of the day. i'll give it away, it's on an republican head. but who is delivering it when we return. informed electorate. s [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: if there is one thing we know, it's that the republicans are better at...
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we may have made it through president obama's first term. it's our children who can't afford a second. >> cenk: that's fascinating because, in fact, president obama did not take away the work standard. in fact, he was actually agreeing to a request by republican governors to tighten the working standards for welfare to work. that's an absolute lie! but they don't care. they do it all the time. in fact, everybody's gotten so used to it but they think well, that's just the way things are. mitt romney, for example says that president obama doubled the deficit. not remotely true. he was headed at $1.2 trillion deficit, now a $1.1 trillion deficit. it is less. it is a god damn lie! but the rest of the media goes i can't do that. i can't tell the american people reality. here's what i'm worried about. i'm worried about that we're in an iraq kind of situation here. what do i mean by that? before the iraq war, the republicans kept insinuating oh, my, saddam hussein iraq, weapons of mass destruction 9-11 iraq. about 70% of the country thought that sa
we may have made it through president obama's first term. it's our children who can't afford a second. >> cenk: that's fascinating because, in fact, president obama did not take away the work standard. in fact, he was actually agreeing to a request by republican governors to tighten the working standards for welfare to work. that's an absolute lie! but they don't care. they do it all the time. in fact, everybody's gotten so used to it but they think well, that's just the way things are....
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mitt romney's campaign is out with a new web video blaming president obama for a closed barbecue joint in richmond virginia. >> there are more people on unemployment today and that's because the small businesses are failing. >> that is republican advocate row da elliot the close down said that was because of the changed market and cost of operation. thinkprogress found out the restaurant was not abiding by public health codes, including not properly disposing of sewage and for handling ready to eat food with their bare hands. forbes recently rated indiana as one of the top 50 places for careers. thousands of campaign lawyers are headed to the polls on tuesday to observe workers and track opponents. democrats will have 25 hurricane sandy lawyers, the lesson here, the more voters who turn, the more likely the president is to win. and if the election is close, there will be more chances of running to court. decisions, watch current tv's politically direct lineup. only on current tv. issues. don't just vote, vote smart. of sununu, you're wrong. mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teach
mitt romney's campaign is out with a new web video blaming president obama for a closed barbecue joint in richmond virginia. >> there are more people on unemployment today and that's because the small businesses are failing. >> that is republican advocate row da elliot the close down said that was because of the changed market and cost of operation. thinkprogress found out the restaurant was not abiding by public health codes, including not properly disposing of sewage and for...
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, expand food stamps expand unemployment. he wants high unemployment because all of those people will have to vote for him or they'll be afraid to lose their disability checks, lose their veterans checks. it is all this huge conspiracy. that's why he wants to expand federal government which he's not because then they'll be loyal to him. it is much more of a dictatorship role that they're sort of creating for him. >> stephanie: unbelievable. >> could it be the disabled people came back from afghanistan? that. >> stephanie: there's that. >> eric boehlert, great stuff. happy pre-election week. we'll talk to you next week. >> okay. >> stephanie: love you. there's eric boehlert of media matters. 29 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." to miss my show is if that's the only time you can get to a polling place. make sure that voting is your highest priority on election day. besides, you can always dvr my show. you really cant' dvr the future of the country. to help you make informed decisions, watch curr
, expand food stamps expand unemployment. he wants high unemployment because all of those people will have to vote for him or they'll be afraid to lose their disability checks, lose their veterans checks. it is all this huge conspiracy. that's why he wants to expand federal government which he's not because then they'll be loyal to him. it is much more of a dictatorship role that they're sort of creating for him. >> stephanie: unbelievable. >> could it be the disabled people came...